3° ) Physiotherapy whose main aims are for pain relief and posture re-education.

Here are the results of 33 degenerative scoliosis patients (30 women and 3 men), controlled for at least 5 years after the beginning of the treatment.

The average age in the beginning of treatment is 60 years. In every case the pain and the posture improved.

In 31 cases out of 33, the Cobb's angle was stabilized.

5 years after commencing treatment, half of the patients are continuing to wear the brace for more than 4 hours a day.

Placing a patient in a plaster cast is an indispensable prerequisite for this treatment. Besides the therapeutic role of musculo-ligamentous adjustment of paravertebral tension, it is also a test. The patient must be pain free while pursuing normal activities.

Conclusion

These results are comparable to those obtained by the other teams, who in France are using an identical protocol.

Initially reserved for the most severe cases, this protocol deserves to be more widely used for adult scoliosis.